Last week, I spent a fascinating afternoon and evening at the University of Calgary, speaking to students in the English department. Instructor Margaret Hadley included Deadly Fall in the course syllabus for her two Detective Fiction courses this term. What a thrill it was to see my novel listed with stories by Edgar Allan Poe, [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Bring on the Short Story
February 12th, 2012
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On Saturday, I spoke to the Alberta Romance Writers Association about short story writing. To prepare, I took out a couple of books on the subject from the library and learned a few things. Apparently, as late as the 1950s you could earn a good living as a commercial short story writer. Magazines like Redbook and [...]
Writing, Research & Details
February 5th, 2012
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January was a productive month of writing for me. After the holidays, I plunged into the second draft of my novel-in-progress. In the past, I thought I enjoyed writing first drafts best for the discovery and because it doesn’t matter if your sentences are shoddy or if everything is accurate and fits together perfectly. With [...]
